Originally Posted by jrl767

I was dating a UA FA who told me about two instances where she had to deal with a passenger dying mid-flight ... both times she and her colleagues were able to use an empty FC seat

the extreme case was the Braniff captain who suffered a fatal heart attack at the controls of their 747 about two hours out of HNL; his wife was the lead FA on that flight ... as I recall, the other FAs moved all the upper deck pax downstairs so she was able to be alone with him, and the flight continued to DFW

Originally Posted by weero

What's the refund/comp procedure in such a case?

As a pax, I'd be sympathetic to the cause but I'd also want to see my money back .